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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 448381" data-attributes="member: 4923"><p>Thanks guys. I did some tests...</p><p></p><p>test 1: On a not-so-important picture folder containing some of the excess xmp files... opening a nef with PS Elements did in fact apply old unwanted edits as I feared. My backup xmp files were numbered like abc.xmp, abc.1.xmp, abc.2.xmp with the higher numbered file being the correct one. PSE of course chose the oldest one with the unaltered file name.</p><p></p><p>test 2: I deleted all xmp in that folder... LR had no problem, all edits with history and tags retained, business as usual. Opened the same nefs with PSE, NO edits were applied. I saw original unprocessed image.</p><p></p><p>test 3: Went back to LR, selected all files in folder and told LR to write metadata to files. New and properly named xmp's were produced. Opened nefs again in PSE and now the correct edits were applied. happy-happy.</p><p></p><p>So I will go for the mass xmp delete and have LR re-write the metadata to get the xmp back in sync. Nothing to lose but time as I will keep my last backup for awhile.</p><p></p><p>Overall, I am happy I had a backup from 12 hours earlier for this sudden computer death. Going forward, I think I will not use the backup option of renaming duplicates. Too many *.1.*, *.2.* files to sort through to find the latest version.</p><p></p><p>Thanks everyone for the replies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickt, post: 448381, member: 4923"] Thanks guys. I did some tests... test 1: On a not-so-important picture folder containing some of the excess xmp files... opening a nef with PS Elements did in fact apply old unwanted edits as I feared. My backup xmp files were numbered like abc.xmp, abc.1.xmp, abc.2.xmp with the higher numbered file being the correct one. PSE of course chose the oldest one with the unaltered file name. test 2: I deleted all xmp in that folder... LR had no problem, all edits with history and tags retained, business as usual. Opened the same nefs with PSE, NO edits were applied. I saw original unprocessed image. test 3: Went back to LR, selected all files in folder and told LR to write metadata to files. New and properly named xmp's were produced. Opened nefs again in PSE and now the correct edits were applied. happy-happy. So I will go for the mass xmp delete and have LR re-write the metadata to get the xmp back in sync. Nothing to lose but time as I will keep my last backup for awhile. Overall, I am happy I had a backup from 12 hours earlier for this sudden computer death. Going forward, I think I will not use the backup option of renaming duplicates. Too many *.1.*, *.2.* files to sort through to find the latest version. Thanks everyone for the replies. [/QUOTE]
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